on my RaspberryPi I installed FreeBSD 11.1 which works great.
But how could I check if an shutdown -[p|h] now is complete? Is there a status LED which indicates an successful shutdown?
There's no indicator on the Pi at all, only a power indicator. But that will stay on as long as the Pi has power. I generally just watch the network activity LED. When it stops blinking/flickering I pull the plug.
You could solder a red LED in serial with a 330 Ω resistor between a GND pin and a GPIO pin. Then you would put a gpioctl() command, for example gpioctl -f /dev/gpioc0 18 1 which would turn the pin 18 to on into /etc/rc.local.
I would anyway go with the GPIO solution, because that's what GPIO is made for, and the RxD/TxD pins may be of much better use otherwise, e.g. for the serial console.
for me as a radio amateur this is a very good solution
I will use the GPIO solution because these ports are protected if I understood the documentation for circiuts in a right way. The serial port is for connection to devices with serial communication.
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.